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Erika looking bright and cheery in the morning in our hotel room in Fukuoka.09:19:37
Erika watching the telly.09:22:13
Erika eating an onigiri / omasubi.09:22:18
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10:57:20
At the Anpanman Museum now. For the first 30 minutes Erika said pretty much nothing but "Anpanman! Anpanman!".10:57:22
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We were just in time for an Anpanman show, where some of the characters sang and danced on the stage.
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Erika clapping along.11:04:21
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Erika playing with some big bouncy balls. Of course Anpanman themed.
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Impressive that they also managed to make a sand pit Anpanman themed.11:40:44
One of the characters in the cartoon (I forget which) runs the school, this is her school room.
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A little toy village, including a Koban (police station).11:44:07
...a house of some description or other.11:44:14
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...an ice cream shop.
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...a sushi restaurant...11:46:27
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...and I forget which shop this is exactly, but it had a place you could poke your head into.11:54:27
Erika's attempt looked a little half hearted by comparison.
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The Anpanman car, which has a mobile bakery in it.11:59:11
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Me and Erika driving the car.
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Love this picture of me and Erika.
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Meeting "Horror man" - Chie seemed quite excited...12:03:55
....Erika was a bit unsure...
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...and eventually burst into tears.12:04:35
Me consoling Erika after her unsurprisingly disturbing encounter with Horrorman.12:35:45
A much more successful meet and greet was Batako.12:35:54
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Erika even managed a hug.12:36:23
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...Erika then proceeded to explain to Batako who all these characters in this display were.
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I think this is Erika and Batako doing a high five.12:38:47
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Batako listening very attentively to Erika.
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Erika on a slide.12:43:20
Not sure exactly what this thing was meant to do.
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Erika on the slide again.12:44:02
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Time to start thinking about lunch...12:46:48
12:55:08
Erika's lunch - Anpanman themed udon.12:55:16
This is an Omasubiman omasubi.12:55:35
The packaging for Anpanman inari sushi.12:55:51
Anpanman themed inari sushi.
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Once Erika had eaten the face from her Omasubiman omasubi she seemed to lose interest in it.12:57:14
Quite nice packaging for the chopsticks, I thought.13:02:16
Erika's unique way of eating udon.13:02:25
13:35:37
We stayed for another Anpanman show. This time Shokupanman (my favourite character) made an appearance.13:39:14
Erika watching Currypanman.13:39:42
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Shokupanman.
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Erika on a bigger slide.
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The end of the show.13:55:44
As one final treat for Erika, we bought her a balloon. She got up on my shoulders so she could choose one herself.13:55:51
Love this picture. Erika is clearly the boss.
14:41:31
After all the excitement of the Anpanman museum, Erika dozed off in her buggy, so Chie and I went for a late lunch. This is Hirao Tempura, Ai-san had taken us to another branch of this small local chain on a previous visit to Fukuoka.14:41:37
Chie looking quite pleased at the tempura.14:41:40
The tempura chefs.14:45:55
I seemed to be snapping extra photos each time a new bit of tempura arrived.
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17:26:00
After getting the shinkansen back to Hiroshima, here's Chie and Erika on the little connecting train back to Chie's parents nearest station.17:26:04